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DECEMBER 2008/JANUARY 2009
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QUATRE REGLES SIMPLES POUR EXERCER VOTRE DROIT DE VOTE A L'ETRANGER
Informations complètes.
7 JUIN 2009 : ELECTION DES CONSEILLERS A L'ASSEMBLEE DES FRANCAIS DE L'ETRANGER
Pour participer à ce scrutin, vous devez impérativement être inscrit sur la liste électorale consulaire de Chicago. Si vous n’êtes pas inscrit sur cette liste, vous avez jusqu’au 31 décembre 2008 à 18 heures pour le faire. Informations complètes. Tout savoir sur l'AFE. |
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7 JUIN 2009 : ELECTIONS AU PARLEMENT EUROPEEN
Le 7 juin 2009, les ressortissants européens seront appelés à élire leurs représentants au Parlement européen de Strasbourg. Les résidents français à l’étranger ne pourront pas voter pour ces élections auprès des ambassades et consulats.
Les Français qui résident aux Etats-Unis ne peuvent voter qu’en France, soit personnellement, soit par procuration, à condition d’être inscrit sur une liste électorale d’une commune de France avant le 31 décembre 2008. Informations complètes. |
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| SYSTEME ELECTRONIQUE D'AUTORISATION DE VOYAGE (ESTA) |
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A compter du 12 janvier 2009, tous les voyageurs bénéficiaires du Programme d’Exemption de visa (VWP) seront tenus d’obtenir une autorisation de voyage électronique avant de se rendre aux Etats-Unis par une compagnie aérienne ou maritime. Cette procédure est appelée système électronique d’autorisation de voyage (ESTA : Electronic System for Travel Authorization). Informations complètes. |
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PRESIDENCE FRANCAISE DU CONSEIL DE L'UNION EUROPEENNE
FRENCH PRESIDENCY OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
MIDWEST : LES EVENEMENTS DU MOIS / UPCOMING EU EVENTS |
| Le 31 décembre marquera la fin de la Présidence française du Conseil de l'Union Européenne. La France sera succédée par la République Tchèque pour une période de six mois.
Pour marquer cette présidence, le Consulat général de France à Chicago a organisé depuis le 1er juillet près d'une vingtaine de manifestations dans le Midwest.
A Chicago, la passation de présidence aura lieu le 18 décembre.
December 31st will mark the end of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union. France will be succeeded by the Czech Republic for a six-month period.
To mark the French Presidency, over 20 events were organized throughout the Midwest by French Consulate in Chicago.
In Chicago, the transfer of Presidency will take place on December 18. |
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Nov. 12 : Ecoutez l'intervention du sénateur Jean FRANCOIS-PONCET au Chicago Council on Global Affairs / Audio address by Jean FRANCOIS-PONCET,
member of the Senate and former Minister of Foreign Affairs, France. "Europe's Economic and Political Integration : Where is the Experiment Headed ?".
Nov. 16-18 : Mission française véhicules électriques et hybrides/French Mission on hybrid and electric vehicules.
Nov. 21 : Réunion annuelle des Consuls honoraire du Midwest / Annual Meeting of the Honorary Consuls of France in the Midwest.
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THE 12th ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF NEW FRENCH CINEMA
DECEMBER 5-14, 2008 at Facets Multimedia.
Co-presented by Facets Multimedia
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The only festival in the country dedicated to emerging French filmmakers.
A unique opportunity to discover the next generation of film writers, directors and actors from France!
Be the first to discover new films by emerging French filmmakers at the annual Festival of New French Cinema at Facets, and be sure not to miss Q&A's with visiting filmmakers Yamina Benguigui and Vincent Dietschy on December 6th and 7th.
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2008 Featured movies
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December 6 - 2-4 PM: Documentary Film Excerpts and Roundtable
Northwestern University
The history and experience of a population segregated in the north Paris suburb of Seine Saint-Denis. Yamina Benguigui, the French filmmaker and novelist and Deputy Mayor of Paris for Human Rights and Exclusion Issues, is joined by Jean-Louis Cohen, New York University Institute of Fine Arts, and Northwestern professors Jack Doppelt, Hamid Naficy, Nasrin Qader and David Van Zanten to discuss the public housing crisis in Paris. FREE. Complete information. |
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January 30 through April 5, 2009: Expo Jean Luc Mylayne
Krannert Art Museum - Urbana Champaign
Jean Luc Mylayne and his wife and co-collaborator, Mylène, have spent six months of each year since 2004 traveling throughout the Fort Davis, Texas area. A rugged and wild place nestled in the landscape of the Davis Mountains, it is a way station on the migration routes of animals and birds—specifically Eastern, Western, and Mountain Bluebirds. Complete information. |
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December 3rd – January 4th : Cleveland Museum of Art : Messiaen Centenary
December 2008 marks 100 years since the birth of the great French composer Olivier Messiaen, whose large body of work is music of enormous power and spirit, worthy of consideration in its multifaceted splendor. |
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| The Cleveland Museum of Art joins the world in a centenary celebration of this musical titan, whose catalog both built on the traditions of Western composition and expanded them. Mystic, visionary, lover of birdsong, deeply religious, and attuned to non-Western musics - all of these interests formed the man whose sound is immediately distinctive. Several programs highlight the different aspects of the music of Messiaen, whom noted critic Paul Griffiths called "The first great composer whose works exist entirely after, and to a large degree apart from, the great Western tradition." Complete information. |
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| English Teaching Assistantship - Teach English in France! |
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Every year, the French Ministry of Education and the Cultural Services at the French Embassy offer approximately 1,600 teaching assistantship positions in French primary and secondary schools and in the French teaching colleges ("IUFM") in all regions of France and the DOM-TOMs (overseas departments).
Deadlines : January 15th, 2009.
For more information, click here. |
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| For more information on EDUCATION & SCIENCE, please click here |
| NOT TO BE MISSED IN FEBRUARY 2009 / A NE PAS MANQUER EN FEVRIER 2009 |
CLEVELAND (OH)
COMING UP : FEBRUARY 7-15, 2009 - HOME AND GARDEN SHOW
The 2009 Show Theme: "The Romance of France"
Join us for the 66th Annual Home and Garden Show "the Largest Show of its kind in North America"
In partnership with the FACC - Northern Ohio Chapter.
XI Center - Cleveland OH - Complete information |
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